How Groups Encourage Misbehavior
In: Applied Psychology Ser.
Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Brief Contents -- Contents -- Series Foreword -- Preface -- Part I The Psychology of Misbehavior -- 1 Misbehavior: The Role of Persons and Situations -- Persons and Situations as Causes of Misbehavior -- Box 1.1 Describing Situations: The Five "Ws" -- The Social Context of Behavior -- Summary -- 2 Misbehavior in Groups and Social Situations -- A Taxonomy of Misbehavior -- Case Studies Illustrating Social and Psychological Processes That Promote Misbehavior -- Box 2.1 Were There Really 38 Witnesses? -- A Framework for Understanding How Groups Encourage Misbehavior: Social Influence and Social Cognition -- Summary -- 3 Social Processes That Enable or Support Misbehavior -- Social Norms -- Box 3.1 Describing Norms-The Return Potential Model -- How the Presence and Example of Others Affects Behavior -- Box 3.2 Tactics for Influencing Others -- Summary -- 4 Cognitive Processes That Enable or Support Misbehavior -- Social Learning -- Self-Protective Cognitions -- Box 4.1 How to Rationalize Bad Behavior -- Thinking About Other People -- Box 4.2 Two Dimensions of Stereotyping: Warmth and Competence -- Acting Without Much Thinking: Automatic Processes That Contribute to Misbehavior -- Summary -- 5 Informal Groups -- Four Characteristics of Groups -- Box 5.1 Is There an Upper Limit on the Number of Social Relationships We Can Manage? -- Box 5.2 Virtual Groups -- Box 5.3 From Group Minds to Shared Mental Models -- How Informal Groups Contribute to Misbehavior -- Summary -- 6 Formal Groups, Parties, and Associations -- Groups and Teams -- Box 6.1 In Praise of Bureaucracy -- Associations: Formal Groups With Hybrid Structures -- Box 6.2 Bland Name/Sinister Purpose -- How Formal Groups Contribute to Misbehavior -- Summary.